Day 11 – Long Day & Rainy Night

Breakfast and lunch combined today due to my schedule: made scrambled eggs (one whole egg plus one white) with the “usual” mushroom, spinach, and some of the grape tomatoes from my garden. NO bread or starch. Off to appointments and work.

Late Evening: Having pre-sliced the bell peppers and cucumber the other night made the “immediate upon arrival in the house after work” gnosh much easier and less caloric. Man, I am ravenous between 5:30 and 6 pm. After a handful of each, I threw 2 chicken breasts into the pressure cooker after covering the top of each with a little mustard. Added a bit of tamari and ginger to the 3/4 cup of water in the bottom. Hit the pot on high until the pressure came up – then 8 minutes on the lowest heat that allows the pot to maintain the pressure. PERFECTLY done! While the chicken was “pressuring” – I reheated some cauliflower, cabbage and a couple of mushrooms in the microwave. In 15 minutes, I had 1/2 chicken breast on a plate with mounds of vegetables. That’s “fast food”! The broth is in a container for use later. The vegetables will be pureed tomorrow or Thursday for soup. Left over chicken will be lunch tomorrow. One pot, one bowl – Kitchen’s already clean.

TRUTH TIME: After all of these no-added fat, no starch meals, I admit that an hour or so later I am SO looking for sweets. Hopefully this too will pass. Can’t be soon enough for me. Guess I should just be happy that I am eating cleaner food, more often and that I have not resorted to pasta in 11 days.

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Author: Lizzardlaw

Lawyer - Partner - Mentor - Life-long Learner
I am working to develop new tools and strategies to exceed personal and professional goals. Now that I am past the 50 year mark - much of what used to work is no longer effective. Future goals involve finances to ensure a sustained retirement, personal health to enjoy that retirement and to be able to assist my parents and partner, and discretionary time to do and enjoy the abundance surrounding us.
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